“I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience ins...” — Octavia E. Butler Quote

“I was raised Baptist, and I like the fact that I got my conscience installed early.”

“I was attracted to science fiction because it was so wide open. I was able to do anything and there were no walls to hem you in and there was no human condition that you were stopped from examining.”

“Most of us, if we're not careful, tend to dehumanize the enemy.”

“The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way.”

“Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadn't had some hope of heaven, some companionship in Jesus, they probably would have committed suicide, their lives were so hellish.”

“We are a naturally hierarchical species.”

“Perhaps we should worry less about judging people for being Mormon or Baptist or Muslim or gay or straight or black or white or Latino or by their religious or political brands and worry more about electing thoughtful, serious and ethical politicians on both sides of the political isle who are willing to work together for progress.”

“When I was little I went to a Baptist Church with my grandmother. My earliest memories were of her falling out in the middle of the floor and they had to cover her with a white sheet. Every time we went to church it was scary. The music would start playing, and then everybody would start running and shouting and hollering and screaming.”

“I'm a pastor. I lead Ebenezer Baptist Church, where Martin Luther King Jr. served.”

“We have jokingly said if you've got good hair, can sing and know three chords, you can lead worship at First Baptist Houston or wherever. But that's kind of scary, putting somebody on stage just because they have a good voice. Do they know theologically and spiritually what they're saying and why they're doing it?”

“I was raised in the Baptist church... but I didn't really have a real committed experience with Christ until my father died.”